Invention Application
- Patent Title: POROUS ELECTRODES FOR SPECTROELECTROCHEMISTRY AND X-RAY STRUCTURE ANALYSES
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Application No.: US15221167Application Date: 2016-07-27
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Publication No.: US20180031496A1Publication Date: 2018-02-01
- Inventor: Gihan Kwon , Jonathan D. Emery , In Soo Kim , Alex B. Martinson , David M. Tiede
- Applicant: UChicago Argonne, LLC
- Applicant Address: US IL Chicago
- Assignee: UChicago Argonne, LLC
- Current Assignee: UChicago Argonne, LLC
- Current Assignee Address: US IL Chicago
- Main IPC: G01N23/203
- IPC: G01N23/203 ; C25D9/04 ; C25D17/12 ; C25B1/04

Abstract:
An electrochemical cell that allows for in-situ structural characterization of amorphous thin film materials during the course of electrolysis using high-energy X-ray scattering (>50 keV). The compact and versatile cell, fabricated using a 3D printer, employs a three-electrode configuration and minimizes X-ray scattering contributions from the cell, reference and counter electrodes, as well as the working electrode support. A large surface area working electrode has a physically robust support and is largely transparent to X-rays. This design, which utilizes a three-dimensional working electrode, also greatly improves the intensity and quality of the scattered signal compared to a two-dimensional working electrode. The in-situ cell can be used not only to investigate structural evolution during electrolysis using X-ray scattering (e.g. pair distribution function), but also to perform electrochemical potential-dependent structural analysis by extended X-ray absorption fine structure. The in-situ electrochemical cell opens new opportunity to characterize amorphous thin films thinner than 70 nm.
Public/Granted literature
- US10273593B2 Porous electrodes for spectroelectrochemistry and x-ray structure analyses Public/Granted day:2019-04-30
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